Old people’s home project for Pêra needs funds
EIGHT YEARS ago, Father Mário and a group of residents in the village of Pêra started out on the long road to create, fund and build an old people’s home
Portimão residents hit by water price hike
AS FROM April this year, the price of water will increase by around 17 per cent in the borough of Portimão, according to the new tariff already approved by the
Portuguese waiter murdered in London
BRITISH AUTHORITIES have discovered the bones of Portuguese waiter, Alexandre Marques, who disappeared on October 16 from his home in Notting Hill Gate, London. The evidence confirmed police suspicions that
Public uproar over PM’s new secret service
FEARS THAT constitutional, civil and judicial liberties are being undermined were voiced last week following sensational revelations that a parallel secret service had been set up by the government, reports
Sassetti, Laginha and Algarve Orchestra to perform in Lagoa
• Mário Laginha TOMORROW NIGHT (February 11) will see acclaimed pianists Bernardo Sassetti and Mário Laginha perform a concert in Lagoa, accompanied by the Orquestra do Algarve, directed by maestro
Shopping malls will have grown 25% by 2007
THE PORTUGUESE shopping mall market will have grown 25 per cent by 2007, according to property service company Jones Lang LaSalle. At present, there are 27 new shopping centres being
Silves SAP not equipped for emergencies
DESPITE A recent protest involving around 200 local residents, the Administração Regional de Saúde do Algarve (ARS), the Algarve regional health authority, is not budging on its decision to shutdown
Software protocols not exclusive to Microsoft
THE 18 protocols signed by the Portuguese government with Microsoft executives last week in Lisbon may not be exclusive to the multibillion dollar IT company, founded by Bill Gates. The
Tuberculosis threat
TWO MILLION Portuguese have already come into contact with the tuberculosis bacillus and, of these, around 15 per cent have become ill, according to numbers provided by Dr. Fonseca Antunes
Algarve resort is project of national interest
TOURIST RESORT VerdeLago, situated in Altura, Castro Marim, has been officially recognised as a Projecto de Potencial Interesse Nacional (PIN), a project of national interest, a distinction bestowed by the